For the second day in a row, precious metals are being pounded as gold joins silver back below its 200-day moving-average… Knocking gold back to 3-week lows… All of whi...
I joined Peggy Tuck Wednesday on Straight Talk Money. The topic of conversation? Bitcoin, of course. The cryptocurrency has gone parabolic, which raises the question: How high can ...
Much has been made of Factor Investing, and even Vanguard is launching a suite of actively-managed factor ETFs. But even now, with Vanguard offering factor ETFs, there are many in...
A dispassionate look at the quantities and flows of fiat dollars tells us much about the current state of the US economy, and therefore prospects for the dollar itself. This is a s...
In their second estimate of the US GDP for the third quarter of 2017, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reported that the US economy was growing at a +3.30% annual rate, up +...
Currently, stock markets are flying high, courtesy of a favorable GDP growth rate, rising disposable income, an improving labor market with unemployment rate at a 16-year low, rise...
The Chicago Business Barometer, also known as the Chicago Purchasing Manager’s Index, is similar to the national ISM Manufacturing indicator but at a regional level and is se...
The Dow is up hundreds of points to yet another lifetime high. Every asset is up (with the exception of gold, which of course sucks). So what to do? Show a short idea! Hey, come on...
Included with today’s second estimate GDP report by the Bureau of Economic Analysis is the preliminary estimate for third quarter corporate profits. The corporate profit me...
Investments in syndicated mortgages and related securities have been heavily sold to yield-hungry savers and retirees the past few years, especially as our world-famous realty bubb...